Improved spring bed-bottom



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

D. P. WEBSTER, OF UPPER GILMANTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

IMPROVED SPRING BED-BOTTOM.

Specicatiou forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,229, dated August 14, 1866.

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, D. P. WEBSTER, of Upper Gilmanton, Belknap county, and State of N ew Hampshire, have invented a new and Improved Spring-Bed; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a longitudinalvertical section of this invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

Thisihvention relates to a spring-bed of that class in which a series of iiexible slats are supported by the large ends of conical springs; and the invention consists in the arrangement of a clamp which catches over the flexible slats and under the upper coils of the springs in such a manner that said upper coils are securely fastened to the slats and that a springbed is obtained which makes no noise and which is durable and not liable to get out of order.

A represents a bed or frame, which is composed of longitudinal bars a and cross-bars b. The cross-bars b serve to support the conical' springs c, which are placed with their large ends up and which support the slats d. These slats are made of wood or other ilexible and elastic material, and each Slat rests on two or more springs, two springs being sufficient for all practical purposes.

The upper coils of the springs are secured to the slats by clamps e, the ends of which are turned into hooks j, which are slipped over the slats and catch under the coils of the springs, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 lot' the drawings, so that said coils are drawn up close to the slats, and the slat is not liable to knock against the coil and to produce a disagreeable noise.

The clamps e are easily made, they are readily attached or detached, and by their use a cheap andl durable spring-bed is obtained, which obviates all the disadvantages ot' other spring-beds of' a somewhat similar construction,in which the` springs are securedv to the slats by'eyes formed by the ends ot' the springs themselves. Such beds are liable to make a noise, because the upper coils of the springs are not drawn up close to the slats; and,fur thermore, the operation of securing the slats to the springs is tedious and not easily accomplished.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is f The singlewire clamp e, with its hooksf catching under the top coil of the spring and holding it up against the slat, substantial] y as described, for the purpose specified.

The above specitcation of my invention signed by me this 6th day of J uly, 1866.

D. P. WEBSTER. Witnesses:

WM. F. MGNAMAEA, W. HAUEF. 

